needlebush

Questions about needlebush

What does needlebush mean?

needlebush means "shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia".

How many syllables are in needlebush?

needlebush has 3 syllables: need-le-bush. The stress falls on "need".

What is another word for needlebush?

Close synonyms include needle-bush, needle bush, Hakea lissosperma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is needlebush a common word?

needlebush is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.